Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Jan 14, 2014, 3:48 AM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 14, 2014, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2014, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2014, 4:59 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
417 WWUS83 KICT 140948 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 348 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 KSZ049-050-067-141100- /O.CAN.KICT.FW.A.0001.140114T1700Z-140115T0000Z/ SALINE-RICE-RENO- 348 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 049...050 AND 067... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. MUCH OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. $$ KSZ032-033-047-048-150000- /O.UPG.KICT.FW.A.0001.140114T1700Z-140115T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.FW.W.0002.140114T1700Z-140115T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- 348 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047 AND 048... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * TIMING...HIGHEST VALUES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 29 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ LAWSON
3 follow-up statements
256 WWUS83 KICT 141527 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 927 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 KSZ032-033-047-048-150000- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0002.140114T1700Z-140115T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- 927 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032... 033...047 AND 048... * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * TIMING...HIGHEST VALUES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 31 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ KETCHAM
923 WWUS83 KICT 142125 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 325 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 KSZ032-033-047-048-150000- /O.CON.KICT.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- 325 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032... 033...047 AND 048... * EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER...IS FORECAST. * TIMING...HIGH VALUES COULD EXTEND INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 26 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT. && $$ BILLINGS WRIGHT
122 WWUS83 KICT 142259 RFWICT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 459 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 KSZ032-033-047-048-150000- /O.CAN.KICT.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- 459 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 032...033...047 AND 048... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AND THE THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH. $$ MCGUIRE
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.